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Atomic structure
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1 number of protons in the nucleus of an atom
2 a) +1, 1
b) −1, 1
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c) 0, 1
3 a) atoms with the same number of protons but a different number
of neutrons
b) 17 protons; 17 electrons and 20 neutrons
4 a) 2, 8, 5
b) 2, 1
c) 2, 6
d) 2, 8, 8, 1
e) 2, 8, 8
f) 2
g) 2, 8, 3
5 phosphorus or 31
15P

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1 a) 19 protons;  19 electrons;  20 neutrons
b) 9 protons;  9 electrons;  10 neutrons
c) 56 protons;  56 electrons;  81 neutrons
d) 88 protons;  88 electrons;  138 neutrons
2 a)
Isotope atomic number mass number % abundance
1

35 79 50.5

81
35Br

b) 79.99
3 a) 69.2%
b) 63.62
 4 107.96
5 7.1
6 10B is 20%; 11B is 80%

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1 20.2; neon
2 207
3 a) 58
b) 43
c) i) 58
ii) C4H10

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1 i) 1s2
ii) 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6
iii) 1s2 2s2 2p6
iv) 1s2 2s2 2p6
v) 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d6
vi) 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d5
vii) 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d8
viii) 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d9
ix) 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d3
Atomic structure

x) 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d10 4s2 4p6

2 B
3 i) B
ii) A
iii) C
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iv) C

v) A
2 vi) D
vii) D
viii) D
ix) B
x) B
xi) A
xii) D
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TEST YOURSELF 5
1 The first ionisation energy is the energy required to remove one mole of
electrons from one mole of gaseous atoms to form one mole of gaseous
1+ ions.
2 kJ mol−1
3 a) Si(g) → Si+(g) + e−
b) K+(g) → K2+(g) + e−
c) C2+(g) → C3+(g) + e−
4 M2O3